I’m “the heavy-handed UFW press relations chief who had to quietly resign,” the one to whom Marc Cooper refers in his latest attack on Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers (“Marc Cooper on the Fate of Cesar Chavez’s Dream,” Truthdig, Nov. 13). Like most of the rest of his article, this claim is false.

Truthdig tips its hat this week to César E. Chávez, the Mexican-American labor organizer and activist who fought for more than 40 years for the rights of farm workers, Latinos and other disenfranchised groups. Happy César Chávez Day!

The UFW refutes allegations that it exploits the legacy of Cesar Chavez.Update No. 1: Read how it took three phone calls from a congressman and a former cabinet secretary before the L.A. Times would meet with the UFW.Update No. 2: Check out an executive summary of the UFW’s charges.Update No. 3: Marc Cooper on the UFW’s threat to sue him over a negative column he wrote.Update No. 4: The L.A. Times prints several corrections to the story.